National Crime Surveys: Crime School Supplement, 1989 (ICPSR 9394)

This supplement to the National Crime Surveys was designed
to collect data on crime victimization in schools in the United States.
Student respondents were asked a series of questions to determine their
school attendance in the last six months. Other questions concerning
schools were posed, including type of school, distance from home, and
general attendance and monitoring policies. The data present
information on the response of the school to student violation of
rules, accessibility of drugs, and violence in school, including types
of violenc... (more info)

This supplement to the National Crime Surveys was designed
to collect data on crime victimization in schools in the United States.
Student respondents were asked a series of questions to determine their
school attendance in the last six months. Other questions concerning
schools were posed, including type of school, distance from home, and
general attendance and monitoring policies. The data present
information on the response of the school to student violation of
rules, accessibility of drugs, and violence in school, including types
of violence and student reaction. Other variables cover general violent
crimes, personal larceny crimes, and household crimes and offer
information on date, time, and place of crime. Demographic
characteristics of household members such as age, sex, race, education,
employment, median family income, and marital status are provided.

Access Notes

The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public.
Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

Dataset(s)

Study Description

Citation

United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics. National Crime Surveys: Crime School Supplement, 1989. ICPSR09394-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1994. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09394.v2

Methodology

Sample:
Stratified multistage cluster sample.

Data Source:

personal interviews

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

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